Feed-trough for poultry.



No. 856,564. PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907. C. E. BAESE. FEED TROUGH FORPOULTRY.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.5,1906.

UNITED sTA EsPATE-NT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. BAESE, OF WILMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

FEED-TROUGH FOR POULTRY.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. BAESE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wilmington, in the county of WVill, State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed-Troughs forPoultry; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexac't description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

T his in'ventionhas relation to feedtroughs generally, and moreparticularly to. feed troughs or hoppers for poultry.

It is the object -of the invention to provide such improvements in thekind of devices mentioned as will tend to prevent the waste ISpecification of Letters Patent. Application filed December 5,1906.Serial No. 346,489.

Patented June 11, 1907.

l l l l l of feed, secure cleanliness of the latter in the trough,prevent fowls from roosting upon the trough, and in general tofacilitate the presentation,whether of a large or small amount, at aline or point where it may-be readily reached by the fowls. I I

The invention is clearly disclosed in the contrivance portrayed in theannexed drawings, forming a part of this specificatiomin view of whichit will first be described with respect to its construction and mode ofoperation and employment, and then be pointed out in the subjoinedclaims.

Of the said drawings-Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is an endelevation. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 1 is a transversesection.

Similar numerals of reference designate similar parts or features, asthe case may be, wherever they occur.

In the drawings, 10 designates the trough proper, which for the sake ofexample, merely, may be considered as being four feet in length and sixinches wide, andsix inches in depth, though the size may be varied tosuit circumstances. The trough is supported at eachend by divergent le s11 of inverted V shape, the apexes 12 of which extends above the ends ofthe trough and are provided with bearings, 13 for the trunnions or ins14 extending from the ends of a longitudinally fluted rail 15 supportedlongitudinally over the center of the trough. The rail 15 will besupported sufliciently high above ,the top of the trough to permit fowlsto easily ass their heads therebetween the rail sides of the trough toeat from the trough, and yet said rail will be arranged on a linesulllciently low to prevent fowls from roosting on the sides ofthetrough. In addition to this the fluted character ofthe rails as well asits bearings in the apexes of the legs will insure its turning so that afowl cannot balance itself upon the rail asa perch to roost thereon.These the invention tend to keep the food in the features in theconstruction of trough free from being befouled as would be likely to bedone if poultry were allowed to roost or perch upon the sides of thetrough. 16 designates a partition in the trough setting oii a box 17 atone end for the reception of chopped meat while the longer or largerportion- 18 of the box is designed for grain feed. Each trough or box isprovided with a screen 19 secured on the bottom of the frame 20 whichlatter fits loosely in the box. The mesh or openings in the screen willbe sufficiently large to permit fowls to eat grain or meat food throughthe-same when the screens are placed on the'top of the food as it isdesigned they shall be. As the food is peeked away through the meshes ofthe screen the latter acting as followers will be lowered as the food islowered and at all times act as a preventive to the waste of the latter.

It will be noted from the description hereinbefore given, thatinaddition to reventing waste of food, and cleanliness of the same greateconomy is subserved in not only preventing absolute waste but keepingthe feed at all times in condition so that it may be eaten by the fowls.

What is claimed is 1 A feed-troughfor poultry rovided with a rotary railsupported ,above t e trough, intermediate of the plane of its sides.

2. A trough-feed for poultry provided with a rotary and longitudinallyfluted rail supported above the trough intermediate of the plane of itssides.

3. A feed-trough for poultry provided with av screen-like followeradapted to be placed on a rotary rail having journaled ends supported Totop of the food in the trough, the openmgs in bearings 111 said apexes.through the screen bemg sulhcien tly large to I In testlmony whereof, Iaffix my slgnature, l I

permit the towls to peek the food therein presence of two Witnesses.

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4. feed-trough for poultry comprising CHARLES BAESE the trough proper,legs of inverted V form se- Witnesses: cured to the ends thereof, theapeXes of said A. S. HADSALL, legs extending above the top of the box,and M. F. HENNEBRY.

